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Michael Rubner
Prof. Michael F. Rubner is currently the TDK Professor of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.
CMSE Director
He directs MIT’s Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE), which fosters interdisciplinary research and offers a variety of educational outreach projects.
Rubner Group
The research of Professor Rubner's group is focused on the design, fabrication and properties of ultra-thin films of polymers for electrical, optical, and biomaterial applications.
Michael Rubner
Prof. Michael F. Rubner is currently the TDK Professor of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.
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Prof. Michael F. Rubner
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WHO'S THE MAN BEHIND IT ?
TDK professor of polymer materials science and engineering
Director of MIT’s center for materials science and engineering
Summa cum laude in the university of Lowell taking up BS chemistry (1982)
Doctorate at Massachusetts Institute of technology (1986)
Worked as a full time staff member in GTE laboratories
Received all of major teaching awards in MIT
Gave more than 200 invited lectures
Published more than 200 technical papers, including 5 book chapters
Served the board of directors for the MRS
Currently on the advisory boards of Brookhaven national lab and ACS chemistry of materials journal
Michael Rubner's invention would not be fully accomplished without the help of Other researchers: Robert Cohen, the Raymond A. and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering; doctoral student Hyomin Lee; and recent MIT graduate Maria Alcaraz.
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